आसवāsava

आसव (āsava) is a Sanskrit word meaning distilling or distillation, decoction, juice, the nectar of a woman's lips, exciting, enlivening, see under ā-su. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Spirituous Liquor / Alcoholic Drink, Exciting / Enlivening Effect or Act, Juice / Nectar.

Etymology: E. आङ्, षूञ् to be generated, and अप् aff
Definitions: 20

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Meanings by context

Spirituous Liquor / Alcoholic Drink

10 definitions

spirit distilled from sugar or molasses, spirituous liquor in general

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

distilled spirit or spirituous liquor

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Rum or spirit distilled from molasses. 2. Spirituous liquor in general.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rum

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Distillation or decoction. 2. Spirituous liquor.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Rum or spirit distilled from sugar or molasses. 2. Spirituous liquor in general.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A distilled spirit

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

spirituous liquor, rum

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Distilling, distillation, or decoction. 2. Rum, spirit distilled from sugar or molasses, or spirituous liquor in general.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

an intoxicating liquor

— The Purana Index

Exciting / Enlivening Effect or Act

3 definitions

exciting, enlivening

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

excitement, impulse

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Exciting, enlivening

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Juice / Nectar

3 definitions

juice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the nectar or juice of a flower

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the nectar of a woman's lips

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Distillation / Decoction

2 definitions

distilling or distillation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

decoction

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Cross-reference

2 definitions

see under asu

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

See under ā-su.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.